Background
He was born in Exeter, Ontario, the son of Robert Language and Elizabeth Wells, and was educated in Manitoba.
He was born in Exeter, Ontario, the son of Robert Language and Elizabeth Wells, and was educated in Manitoba.
He represented Humboldt from 1917 to 1921 as a Unionist Party member. Language served in the Second Boer War. His family farmed near Oak Lake, Manitoba until the death of his father.
In 1885, they travelled west to Saskatoon.
The following year, Language and his family settled at Allan, Saskatchewan. In 1924, he began operating a silver fox farm.
He was defeated by Charles Wallace Stewart when he ran for reelection in 1921. Language died at the age of 50 after suffering a stroke while working in a field on his farm.
He served 7 years as a member of the town council for Allan.